Chapter 53, 62 verses
I swear by the star when it goes down.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Star when it setteth,
Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived;
Nor does he speak out of desire.
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.
It is naught but revelation that is revealed,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ
It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,
The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَىٰ
Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,
The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَىٰ
One vigorous; and he grew clear to view
And he is in the highest part of the horizon.
وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَىٰ
When he was on the uppermost horizon.
Then he drew near, then he bowed
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he drew nigh and came down
So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,
And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.
فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَىٰ
And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed.
The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.
مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰ
The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.
What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth ?
And certainly he saw him in another descent,
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
And verily he saw him yet another time
At the farthest lote - tree;
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنتَهَىٰ
By the lote - tree of the utmost boundary,
Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode.
When that which covers covered the lote - tree;
إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote - tree,
The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.
Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.
Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
Have ye thought upon Al - Lat and Al - 'Uzza
And Manat, the third, the last?
وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And Manat, the third, the other ?
What! for you the males and for Him the females!
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
Are yours the males and His the females ?
This indeed is an unjust division!
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
That indeed were an unfair division!
They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers; Allah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but conjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ
They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them.
Or shall man have what he wishes?
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Or shall man have what he coveteth ?
Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).
فَلِلَّهِ الْآخِرَةُ وَالْأُولَىٰ
But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.
And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ
And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth.
Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَىٰ
Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the names of females.
And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا
And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.
Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world's life.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance and desireth but the life of the world.
That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ
Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right.
And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى
And unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil with that which they have done, and reward those who do good with goodness.
Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the passing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your souls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).
الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىٰ
Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled offences - (for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware of you (from the time) when He created you from the earth, and when ye were hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefor ascribe not purity unto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil).
Have you then seen him who turns his back?
أَفَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ
Didst thou (O Muhammad) observe him who turned away,
And gives a little and (then) withholds.
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَىٰ
And gave a little, then was grudging ?
Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?
أَعِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰ
Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth ?
Or, has he not been of what is in the scriptures of Musa?
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Moses
And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):
وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّىٰ
And Abraham who paid his debt:
That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another -
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
That no laden one shall bear another's load,
And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for -
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,
And that his striving shall soon be seen -
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
And that his effort will be seen.
Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward -
ثُمَّ يُجْزَاهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَىٰ
And afterward he will be repaid for it with fullest payment;
And that to your Lord is the goal -
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الْمُنتَهَىٰ
And that thy Lord, He is the goal;
And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,
And that He it is Who causes death and gives life -
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;
And that He created pairs, the male and the female
وَأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female,
From the small seed when it is adapted
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth;
And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّشْأَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth;
And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth;
And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;
وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَىٰ
And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;
And that He did destroy the Ad of old
وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الْأُولَىٰ
And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,
And Samood, so He spared not
وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَىٰ
And (the tribe of) Thamud He spared not;
And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and inordinate;
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
And the folk of Noah aforetime, Lo! they were more unjust and more rebellious;
And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,
وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
And Al - Mu'tafikah He destroyed
So there covered them that which covered.
فَغَشَّاهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
So that there covered them that which did cover.
Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
Concerning which then, of the bounties of thy Lord, canst thou dispute ?
This is a warner of the warners of old.
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌ مِّنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولَىٰ
This is a warner of the warners of old.
The near event draws nigh.
أَزِفَتِ الْآزِفَةُ
The threatened Hour is nigh.
There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
None beside Allah can disclose it.
Do you then wonder at this announcement?
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
Marvel ye then at this statement,
And will you laugh and not weep?
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
And laugh and not weep,
While you are indulging in varieties.
وَأَنتُمْ سَامِدُونَ
While ye amuse yourselves ?
So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).
فَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ وَاعْبُدُوا ۩
Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and serve Him.